The Melbourne International Arts Festival is in full swing, with another diverse calendar of programming. Thought provoking theatre? Check. Dynamic dance? Check. Experimental music? Check. A mentalist creating seemingly impossible experiences inside a mirrored tent? Check. The last item on…
For me, the true sign of a good circus is that breathless, ‘ohmygosh what is he about to do?!’ feeling where you can’t help but feel nervous for the poor performer as he handstands atop six precariously stacked wooden crates…
‘LIMBO‘ is smoking hot. Literally. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that much fire in a theatre. This circus/cabaret show is simultaneously dark, sexy, and funny and it takes place in the perfect venue – the 1920s-inspired Speigeltent. The fire-breathing…
I’d seen a few of the performers in ‘Church of Wonders’ previously, so I snapped up the opportunity to check out a show with a bigger cast and see what they’d get up to in the elegant Melba Spiegeltent. The Spiegeltent adds…
Glory Box – La Revoluciόn is the new season of the electro-charged freak show from Melbourne burlesque icons Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith. The Plus Ones were lucky enough to be invited along on Saturday night to take part in…
Ah, July. You filled our bellies with pizza (including ones topped with crickets). You took us to bars new and old, to a live jazz band playing in a Spiegeltent, and to a boutique with hand-crafted Italian shoes. Here are our…